I am glad to welcome you in the National Assembly of Armenia. The relations between Armenia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are dynamically developing, and in this context the inter-parliamentary cooperation is very important. I think there is unrealized great potential between the parliaments of the two countries. There is already a draft Memorandum of Cooperation, and its signing will reach the bilateral relations to a new level. The Chair of the RA NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan said this during the meeting held with the delegation led by the Chair of the Defense Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates Ali Rashid AlNuaimi on January 16.
The members of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Maria Karapetyan, Eduard Aghajanyan, Hripsime Grigoryan, Gurgen Arsenyan and Lena Nazaryan took part in the meeting.
Sargis Khandanyan considered an important achievement the mutual elimination of visa requirement for the citizens of Armenia and the United Arab Emirates.
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The Committee Chair touched upon the security environment around Armenia. It was noted that despite difficulties Armenia believes that peace and stability will be established in the region eventually, and the Armenian side undertakes practical steps for that purpose. Sargis Khandanyan also spoke about the forcible deportation of the Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh through centuries because of ethnic cleansing policy of Azerbaijan.
The Armenian parliamentarians welcomed the guests, talked about the necessity of the development of bilateral cooperation in a number of spheres and presented the Crossroads of Peace project.
Thanking the Committee Chair and members for the reception, Ali Rashid AlNuaimi presented the experience of the UAE regulating relations in case of having problems with some countries. The guest expressed conviction that the cooperation with the neighbours can promote the establishment of peace. Highlighting the Crossroads of Peace project, Ali Rashid AlNuaimi, mentioned that they support the implementation of the initiative.
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